Northwest Bancorporation Inc., the Spokane-based parent of Inland Northwest Bank, has agreed to acquire Fairfield Financial Holdings Corp., which owns Bank of Fairfield, in a transaction valued at about $20.75 million. Based in Fairfield, Wash., a smal

One measure of when Spokane County has moved out of the sun-obscuring shadow of the Great Recession will come, at least in a symbolic sense, when it gains back all of the jobs it lost during and shortly after that bleak 19-month economic stretch. It'

The results of the 2015 U.S. Bank Small Business Annual Survey suggest that small business owners are more confident about the future of their businesses now than at any time in the six-year history of the survey. Optimism is on the rise, businesses are

Wells Fargo & Co., of San Francisco, says the percentage of employees participating in 401(k) plans administered by the company has been growing in recent years.

Global investors have less appetite for higher risk exposures, particularly in the U.S., according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey for May.

Seattle-based Alaska Airlines is teaming up with the Washington State University-led Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance (NARA) to advance the production and use of alternative jet fuel made from forest residuals, the tree limbs and branches that remai

The Multifamily Production Index (MPI), released late last month by the National Association of Home Builders, held steady with a reading of 54 for the first quarter of 2015. That was the 13th consecutive quarter with a reading of 50 or above.

Bank of America says it has launched a new web-based tool to guide consumers to down-payment and closing-cost assistance programs available in their region. The Bank of America Down Payment Resource Center is powered by Down Payment Resource, develope

 Pending home sales rose in April for the fourth straight month and reached their highest level in nine years, according to the National Association of Realtors. Led by the Northeast and Midwest, all four major regions saw increases in April.